Mindfulness initiative Belgium is an initiative that aims to strengthen the ties between inner life and civic engagement.

Through our actions, we wish to promote more conscious, resilient and inclusive institutions in the service of a more just, cooperative, and ethical society.

Mindfulness Initiative Belgium’s mission is to inform and educate politicians and institutions regarding the benefits that mindfulness can bring to society, especially in the areas of education, health, justice, and social and ecological change.

The MIB understands mindfulness in the terms set out by the Gross National Happiness approach that guides the government of Bhutan. Within this framework, mindfulness plays a central role in promoting care for the self, for human communities, and for all other forms of life.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.

MINDFULNESS

The mindfulness program applied to stress was originally founded by Dr.Jon Kabat-Zinn from the Massachusetts Medical University (USA). It has been further developed and enriched since the 80s, and in recent years, has spread considerably to different European countries. Its benefits have been demonstrated in many settings (hospital, leadership, education, legal, athletic, carceral, …)

WHO ARE WE?

Our initiative, born from a group of epxerts and Belgian practitioners, aims to inform and educate public decision-makers and institutions on the benefits that mindfulness can bring to society. And this in order to promote a more just, united, fair and sustainable society.

COMING UP!

Emergences Talk

THU 20TH JUNE – 8.00PM

OUR ACTIONS

We make available a network of experts in mindfulness to politicians and institutional actors, in order to share the latest scientific research on the subject, shine light on the various advances and actions currently carried out in Belgium, and make recommendations regarding the importance of mindfulness in public policy.

We also facilitate training for institutional and political actors in order to foster greater altruistic awareness in these environments.

Through this initiative, we seek to promote a more just, inclusive, fair and sustainable society.

Our fields of action are related to the 9 domains defined by Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness, an alternative indicator to GDP.